2001 Mercury M2 Jet Drive, V6 Stripped crank and flywheel

[LBrinson35]

The flywheel has stripped the teeth off of itself and the crankshaft on my Mercury M2 Jet Drive in my 01 Islandia. Has anyone else ever seen this happen?

 

[Dr Honda]

That's not Un-common on any engine. That's normally cased by the starter hanging, or someone hits the starter when the engine is running.

 

[LBrinson35]

Sorry I shouldn't have said "teeth". It was the inner splines that hold the flywheel to the crank that stripped out. Sorry for the wrong wordage.

 

[Dr Honda]

The only way that could have happened, is if the flywheel nut wasn't properly torqued.